Aditya Narayan Behera

(Civil Engineer)

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Studio: Burla

Aditya is a civil engineer with more than 5 years of experience in the field of project execution and site management. He deals with the day-to-day progress of all projects and coordinates with all the teams for seamless execution of work. His work profile also involves supervision of work at sites to control deviation from quality and design. He is responsible for coordination between the onsite execution team and the offsite design team for day-to-day works.

Aditya says, ＂ You will never find an ideal site where all the variables are under your expectations or control. Challenges do arise while project execution and they need to be dealt with proper technical and soft skills. You need to ensure that neither the design nor the quality of the structure get compromised during execution. Also, people with proper skillset for various works need to be organized in proper sync to ensure timely delivery of the project.＂

Ajit Kumbhar

(Landscape Consultant)

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Studio: Burla

Ajit has been in liaison with the firm as a landscape consultant from more than over a year. He is one of the few people in the fraternity who have both knowledge and ambition regarding the work they do. Ajit has worked with several world class clients to provide landscape related solutions. He is also involved in procuring materials and man power required for landscape implementation. His work profile also involves planning for logistics and quality inspection of the landscape related materials.

Ajit says, ＂I feel that human beings with development of technology have grown distant from the nature. They have lost their connection from the ultimate source of inspiration. I as a landscape architect consider it my responsibility to re-establish the forgotten bond. I believe in designing spaces that allow fusion of natural elements with the man-made ones to provide a sense of connectivity with the nature. I also consider that while designs that contain elements of landscape need a bit more maintenance but in the long run, they provide returns that are intangible yet quite unique.＂

Saraswat Sekhar Sarangi

(Technical Principal Designer)

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Studio: Sundargarh

As the Technical Principal Designer, Saraswat is responsible for technical and detailed drawings. He is also responsible for construction documentation and site supervisions for quality checks. Since his joining, he has taken a keen interest in diversifying the portfolio of the studio by adding the dimensions of urban planning and building guidelines to assure that designs are in accordance to the government established guidelines. His list of duties also include research on indigenous materials as well as monitoring work progress of employees and interns.

Saraswat says, ＂I think architecture in time has evolved not just in terms of ideas, concepts, tools, and techniques but also by its degree of exposure to a much larger audience. Which was once a symbol of aristocracy and luxury has slowly evolved into a bourgeoisie idea that symbolizes the identity and taste rather than any social or economic order. With its fusion with the new facets of planning, landscape, and interior designing on the platform of the 21st century social order, the shape the field of architecture will take in the future is yet to be known.＂

Prem Chand Rout

(Principal Interior Consultant)

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Studio: Burla

Prem Chand has about 7 years of experience in the field of material selection and procurement. He is an affiliated member of the Institute of Indian Interior Designers. He is well versed in research on cultures and ideas which plays a significant role inproviding an USP to various interior projects. He also coordinates with the project execution teams in order to ensure proper implementation of the designs.

Prem Chand says,＂Design is not just the reflection of one’s identity. It also has the essence to transform a person’s way of thinking as well as his/her mental and spiritual state of mind. A person without any knowledge of culture struggles to find the possible identities into which he can transform.＂

Apurva Sethia

(Principal Architect)

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Studio: Raipur

Apurva is an Architect and Urban practitioner, with experience of over 3 years in field of architecture, interior design, policy research and urban infrastructure improvement projects like Smart Cities Mission and Swadesh Darshan Scheme. She has gained her micro as well as macro level experiences across different cities like Durg, Raipur, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kochi.Some of the important projects handled by her include, residential and commercial projects in the architecture and interior designing field; Assessment of public participation in lake redevelopment project under the smart cities mission; A comparative financial analysis of operational metro rails in India; Institutional capacity-building Strategies for Kochi Municipal Corporation; Tourism infrastructure project for the Jammu and Kashmir Cable car corporation.She takes keen interest in including sustainable practices in projects of every scale.

Apurva says,＂The intricacies in the field of architecture, planning and interior designing are basically simple solutions to various problems and are super-imposed and inter-linked with each other in order to make them practical and feasible for implementation. Along with the required vision and competence to provide any design related solution, one must have a believe that there is always a scope of improvement however perfect the current solution seems.＂

Antara Beohar

(Principal Designer)

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Studio: Raipur

Antara has been working in the fields of design, architectureand planning for 5 years now. She has an expertise in Visual Design and UX Design as well. She has worked as an architect as well as interior designer for various projects including Residences, Resorts, Offices, Industries, Housing Societies, Landscaping among others. After working as an Architect for two years, she joined SPA Delhi to pursue Masters in Planning with specialization in Environmental Planning. After her post-graduation, she started working on Strategy Planning in the Sanitation Sector; where her projects included Planning, Communication Design, UX Design and Visual Design. This led her to pursue UX Design and she joined the course on UX Design Professional Certificate, offered by Google. She primarily engages in Design and Architecture projects for the firm.

Antara says,＂I feel that being a designer is one of the most difficult jobs. A designer must know the art of empathizing in order to create something amazing. A designer carries the huge responsibility to convert someone’s dream into reality, of course while ensuring it is usable, equitable, and functional. I love that my role and assignments give me the opportunity to connect with various people and learn more about designing than any classroom or course can teach.＂